The following are the Journal-World staffers’ picks for Week 12 of the college football season.
Week 12 games
Iowa State at Kansas
Kansas State at Baylor
Texas Tech at Oklahoma State
Syracuse at Missouri
Ohio State at Wisconsin
USC at UCLA
Off-the-wall question: What is your favorite Thanksgiving tradition?
Kansas 28, Iowa State 17
Kansas State 38, Baylor 14
Oklahoma State 30, Texas Tech 21
Missouri 31, Syracuse 24
Ohio State 21, Wisconsin 20
USC 41, UCLA 38
Question: Working at the Journal-World.
Kansas 21, Iowa State 20
Kansas State 42, Baylor 12
Oklahoma State 52, Texas Tech 48
Missouri 50, Syracuse 21
Ohio State 17, Wisconsin 14
USC 77, UCLA 70, 5 OT
Question: Trying to stay awake at my desk after scarfing bird and hustling off, away from family and friends, to go work my umpteenth-straight Thanksgiving night.
Iowa State 27, Kansas 26
Kansas State 41, Baylor 28
Oklahoma State 31, Texas Tech 30
Missouri 19, Syracuse 14
Wisconsin 40, Ohio State 30
USC 35, UCLA 22
Question: Flying to New York and going shopping at Macy’s bright and early on Friday morning … or waking up and realizing it was a dream.
Kansas 24, Iowa State 20
Kansas State 34, Baylor 30
Oklahoma State 38, Texas Tech 28
Missouri 27, Syracuse 20
Ohio State 27, Wisconsin 23
USC 33, UCLA 20
Question: It’s not original at all, but I love watching NFL games, eating stuffing & sweet potato casserole.
Kansas 24, Iowa State 21
Kansas State 49, Baylor 14
Oklahoma State 55, Texas Tech 49
Syracuse 23, Missouri 20
Wisconsin 20, Ohio State 17
USC 34, UCLA 28
Question: Celebrating “Thanksmas” with my family in Wichita, which includes great food, Sequence and trying to be the closest guess so you can win the money that Grandma Newell put in the money jar.
Iowa State 27, Kansas 24
Kansas State 41, Baylor 24
Oklahoma State 38, Texas Tech 31
Missouri 27, Syracuse 23
Ohio State 30, Wisconsin 26
UCLA 33, USC 31
Question: Eat turkey, stuffing, mashed potatoes and gravy, rolls, pumpkin pie, etc. Rest. Repeat.
Kansas 24, Iowa State 21
Kansas State 45, Baylor 32
Oklahoma State 36, Texas Tech 35
Syracuse 23, Missouri 20
Ohio State 27, Wisconsin 21
USC 33, UCLA 30
Question: Can’t go wrong with a long, leisurely walk after Thanksgiving lunch. Also, naps. Always naps.
Kansas 28, Iowa State 17
Kansas State 42, Baylor 18
Oklahoma State 34, Texas Tech 28
Missouri 28, Syracuse 24
Ohio State 28, Wisconsin 27
USC 35, UCLA 13
Question: Playing touch football, wearing No. 5 Notre Dame jersey, pretending to be Terry Hanratty
The following are the Journal-World staffers’ picks for Week 12 of the college football season.
Week 12 games
Kansas at Texas A&M
Kansas State at Texas
Oklahoma at Baylor
Nebraska at Michigan
Penn State at Ohio State
Miami (FL) at South Florida
Off-the-wall question: What is your favorite Saturday Night Live skit?
Texas A&M 44, Kansas 20
Kansas State 30, Texas 28
Oklahoma 38, Baylor 25
Michigan 26, Nebraska 17
Ohio State 27, Penn State 16
Miami 31, South Florida 30
Question: It’s a tie and both feature Tim Meadows. The first is Meadows in the role of John-John Mackey and his Storm Tracker Accu-Cast; the second is Meadows as Jingleheimer Joe in “Jingleheimer Junction.”
Texas A&M 34, Kansas 14
Texas 34, Kansas State 24
Oklahoma 48, Baylor 21
Nebraska 34, Michigan 31
Ohio State 31, Penn State 17
Miami 34, South Florida 21
Question: A Lloyd Bentsen skit in which he goes up to everybody at a party and says, “And then I said,” and repeats the famous line that enabled him to own Dan Quayle in a VP debate. On the left is the actual debate, not the skit.
Texas A&M 49, Kansas 14
Kansas State 21, Texas 20
Oklahoma 56, Baylor 20
Michigan 23, Nebraska 20
Ohio State 24, Penn State 21
Miami (FL) 30, South Florida 22
Question: Anything by Will Ferrell. My favorite is him singing Sisqo’s ‘Thong Song’ as Robert Goulet. Also, his ‘Get off the Shed’ skit is a close No. 2!
Texas A&M 55, Kansas 22
Texas 34, Kansas State 27
Oklahoma 29, Baylor 14
Michigan 35, Nebraska 21
Ohio State 38, Penn State 21
Miami (FL) 22, South Florida 19
Question: That Glengarry Elves skit of last week was pretty darn funny. But I’ll go with any one of the Celebrity Jeopardy skits with Will Farrell the host having problems with Sean Connery the celebrity guest.
Texas A&M 38, Kansas 14
Texas 31, Kansas State 28
Oklahoma 52, Baylor 35
Michigan 31, Nebraska 14
Penn State 21, Ohio State 17
South Florida 27, Miami (FL) 20
Question: Peyton Manning and the United Way.